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Thank you

Hello Stratoswift,
thanks a lot for identifying many automobiles on this picture: File:Parking lot, Chicago, IL 8a32773a original.jpg Please note that it is also possible to make annotations on photographs, see this picture for example: File:" 12 - ITALY - Fiat Group Automobiles Blumenbeet.jpg. Such annotations can be added by clicking on a button shown below the image. Of course there is also a link to a help page there. Annotations are especially helpful when many similar subjects are shown on a photograph.

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Thanks again and best regards. --Zaccarias (talk) 18:49, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

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AM085

Is there something different about the 'AM085' series from the general 'AM08' train series?Smiley.toerist (talk) 10:19, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

The AM08.5 can work on both 3Kv DC and 25Kv AC as well while the other AM 08 have only one pantograph and can only run with 3Kv DC. Also, the AM08.5 are heavier due to the additional equipment. It's sometimes said that this sub-series could be refitted with a fourth trailer in the near future but, currently, they all have the same number of carriages.

--Stratoswift (talk) 10:42, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Buses 2019

I see you upload bus images. There are some bus images in Category:Trams in Antwerp, 2019-07-23. I have been moving images to the correct tram type categories, but could you do some bus categorisations?Smiley.toerist (talk) 12:50, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I'm currently adding bus categories to the pictures and I'll probably create some Commons categories today. These are good pictures. If you spot more De Lijn / TEC old Van Hool buses like the one on

do not hesitate to add pictures on Commons, these old buses are disappearing quickly from Belgian roads. Feel free to visit this incredible bus database [[1]] --Stratoswift (talk) 13:37, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

I agree that the category 'Buses in Brussels' can be removed, but than the replacement category 'Brussels bus line 84' needs to exist. (not be red-linked). I created the category.Smiley.toerist (talk) 19:49, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

uploading some older Swis pictures

Smiley.toerist (talk) 12:36, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Buses 2020

Bus 2014

Also look at Category:WestkapelleSmiley.toerist (talk) 23:43, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, and take a look at two unidentified buses in Category:Transport in Zutphen.Smiley.toerist (talk) 12:11, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:VW Multivan T7 Hybrid, Ixelles.JPG

Copyright status: File:VW Multivan T7 Hybrid, Ixelles.JPG

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And also:

• File:VW Multivan T7 Hybrid, Ixelles, 01.JPG

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Typos of image names

Hi, thank you for correcting all those typos in image titles! Hang on! Cheers, Mosbatho (talk) 19:19, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you too, I've just stumbled upon 200+ images with "Higway" in their titles. Btw, is there a tool I could use to modify several Summary at once. This could be useful for this lot as well as a lot of approx. 150 pictures which have the correct spelling in their titles but contain "Anwerpen" instead of "Antwerpen" in the filedesc. Greetings --Stratoswift (talk) 21:40, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Double images

Exactly identical images can be removed, of course. Most time effective way is to mark the newest images with {{duplicate|name of preferred image.jpg}}. All usage will then be transferred to the other image in the process. Vysotsky (talk) 14:00, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

See this file, for example. --- Vysotsky (talk) 14:07, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Wrong categorization

Please be guided by Google Maps / Google Street View before adding categories to assorted road images by Judgefloro (talk · contribs). For example, File:09943jfPan-Philippine MacArthur Highway Malolos Plaridel Roadsfvf 06.jpg does not depict w:en:MacArthur Highway, but rather depicts a different road that the Philippine government strangely names as "Bigaa-Plaridel via Bulacan and Malolos Road". For most part don't rely on the file names of Judgefloro's images in categorizations. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 16:24, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

How to ask for speedy-delete of an empty category

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When you want to ask for speedy-delete of an empty category, best practice is to mark it with {{SD|C2}} if it would be OK to re-create it in the future, given that appropriate content becomes available or {{SD|C1}} if it is an inappropriate category name that should not be reused. In particular, this is better practice than just blanking the category page, as you did at Category:Trains at Leuven station. ("C1" and "C2" come from Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion). Jmabel ! talk 02:50, 24 August 2024 (UTC)